Personal & Career

Legislative Service

• Elected to the Senate in 2022, reelected subsequently

• House of Representatives, 2014-2022Speaker Pro Tempore, 2020-2022
  Majority Deputy Whip, 2016-2018
  

Other Public Service

• City of Hialeah Scholarship Board, 2012-2014

• City of Hialeah Planning and Zoning Board, 2011-2014

Honors and Awards

• MG Ronald O. Harrison Distinguished Service Award

• South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Chairman's Distinguished Community Service Award

Affiliations

• Enterprise Florida, Board Member, 2019-2023

• Public Health Trust, Board of Trustees, 2016-2019

• Miami-Dade County Republican Executive Committee, 2009-presentVice Chairman, 2013-2014
  

Biographical Information

Occupation:Academic DeanSpouse:Cindy Gil of Bogota, ColombiaChildren:Olivia Rose, BrandonEducation:

• Miami Dade College, A.A., 2004Student Government Association, President, 2003-2004; Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society
  

• University of Miami, B.A., 2006Federacion de Estudiantes Cubanos
  

• Florida International University, Master of Public Administration, 2010

• Florida International University, Master of Public Administration, 2010Golden Key International Honor Society, Alpha Phi Sigma National Criminal Justice Honor Society, Outstanding Academic Achievement in Criminal Justice Award
  

Born:in Hialeah, FloridaMilitary Service:Florida Army National Guard, Captain, April 2016-presentReligious Affiliation:Roman CatholicRecreation:Spending time with family, playing sports, exercising, traveling, reading